5) US election results do not all come at once: instead each state, or sometimes district, reports separately.
The first significant returns start at 7pm EST = 8am HKT; Georgia is likely to be the closes state reporting then.
Results will trickle in over the proceeding 12h.
6) Some states may take days to call, especially as they work to process mail-in-votes; others will be called the second the first results come in.
7) This may be one of the ugliest election nights.
There is a lot of arguing over votes, ballots, and procedures, and small changes can have large impact.
Something that disqualifies 5% of ballots in a single state could well swing the election.
8) Furthermore, Trump is signaling that he is unlikely to concede the election if it is at all contested, and may claim victory if it's close.
There is a real chance that two candidates will claim victory tonight.
That would be a shitshow.
9) Prediction markets are running _way_ above models.
There are basically three theories here:
a) models don't understand how volatile the race is, or are missing Trump voters' enthusiasm
b) people are buying way too much Trump on prediction markets
c) contested elections
10) In particular it's worth noting that in the case of "extra-constitutional" events, what the models are predicting (electoral college vote) might settle differently than prediction markets (who is actually president).
11) This has probably been the most expensive election in history, with roughly $10b spent collectively.
The election is likely to dominate headlines for the next few days.
2) Each state has a different protocol for assigning its electoral votes to a candidate. If a state assigns all its electoral votes to the person who the plurality of its voters vote for (which is the case for most states), we project that all its electoral votes will go...
3) to the person the plurality of its reported voters voted for as of November 4, 2020 (according to all reporting precincts’ most recently reported numbers as of that time). Other states divide their electoral votes pro rata...
3) In general a lot of the answer here is "we'll see". As @AdamScochran notes, the SFC hasn't yet come out with the new policy, just noted that there _will be_ one.